Arti et Amicitiae

Arti et Amicitiae
The society today
General information
Type	Artist's society
Architectural style	neo-classical
Location	Amsterdam
Address	Rokin
Coordinates	Coordinates: 52°22′8.13″N 4°53′29.73″E / 52.3689250°N 4.8915917°E / 52.3689250; 4.8915917
Completed	1855
Design and construction
Architect	J. H. Leliman

Four allegories (Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Engraving) on the facade of "Arti et Amicitiae", Rokin, Amsterdam. Original wooden sculptures by Franz Stracké in 1855 were taken inside for restoration (where they stayed) and these bronze sculptures were cast from the originals in 1989.

Arti et Amicitiae is the name of a building on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The complex was merged from two separate buildings and given a white neo-classical facade by J. H. Leliman in 1855.

Society

Committee for art exhibits in 1893, showing from left to right Geo Poggenbeek, Nicolaas Bastert, F. M. Heyl, Hein Kever en George Hendrik Breitner

The building is named after the society that commissioned the redesign, one of several artist societies of Amsterdam in the 19th century, whose name means For Art and Friendship. The outside has sculptures representing the arts by the sculptor Franz Stracké and the interior was designed mostly by Hendrikus Petrus Berlage. Today the sociey has about 550 artists as members in addition to twice that in art-loving members.^[1] In 2009 the adjoining building, nr. 114, was annexed, which was previously the meeting hall for the society Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen (Society for lifeguards). That society, which was founded in 1767 when most of the city was on canals, has seen a slow decline in its membership and the upkeep of the building proved to be too much. Since the annex, the libraries of both societies (but not their archives) have been transferred to the Van Gogh Museum.^[2]

Prominent members

Johannes Evert Hendrik Akkeringa, Louis Apol, Floris Arntzenius, Nicolaas Bastert, Marius Bauer, Henri Frédéric Boot, Hendrik van Borssum Buisman, Johan Braakensiek, George Hendrik Breitner, Ko Cossaar, Eduard Frankfort, Arnold Marc Gorter, Herman Heijenbrock, Isaac Israëls, Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, Jacobus van Looy, Piet Mondriaan, Frans Oerder, Louis Raemaekers, Anthon van Rappard, Willem Roelofs, Thérèse Schwartze, Jo Bauer, Jan Toorop, Floris Verster, Herman Johannes van der Weele, Willem Witsen, Willem de Zwart, Bart van Hove, Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp, Jan van Oort, Benjamin Prins, Hubert Vos, Johannes Cornelis Wienecke, Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, August Allebé, Johannes Warnardus Bilders, Bernardus Johannes Blommers, Hendrik van Borssum Buisman, Pierre Cuypers, Petrus Franciscus Greive, Jozef Israëls, Kasparus Karsen, Petrus Kiers, Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek, Jan Adam Kruseman, Charles Leickert, Jacob Maris, Anton Mauve, Frans Molenaar, Charles Rochussen, Philip Sadée, Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, Johann Georg Schwartze, and Wouterus Verschuur.

Arti medal winners

The society awarded medals to young talents. Winners of medals included Willem van den Berg, Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Henri Frédéric Boot, Kuno Brinks, Arnout Colnot, Ed Dukkers, Dirk Filarski, Dirk van Gulik, Theodoor Heynes, Kees Heynsius, Paul Husner, Germ de Jong, Jan Kagie, Otto B. de Kat, Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, Willem Knip, Ger Langeweg, Hubert van Lith, Nel van Lith, Anton Mauve, Jan Meefout, Arie van Mever, Dirk Berend Nanninga, Bart Peizel, Wim van de Plas, Geo Poggenbeek, Hans Royaards, Jo Bauer, Jan van Tongeren, Leendert van der Vlist, Gerard Westermann, and Willemina Johanna Alberta Knottenbelt.^[3]

Dutch Rijksmonument 5014

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